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    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>Find out about how maths could help you rescue someone in deadly peril, how not to shoot yourself with a cannon, and meet famous mathematicians who were really hard. And watch out for One Finger Jimmy, Chainsaw Charlie and their gangster friends, who are living proof that maths can be murderous.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Kjartan Poskitt ; illustrated by Philip Reeve.</note>
  <note>Originally published: 2000.</note>
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